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Handed in my notice yesterday.
Anyone that's on the Depression thread may have spotted some of my posts but over the past 12months have ended a 17yr relationship and relocated out of London after a breakdown, 2 months off work and a phased return to 4 days a week.
Work is the final piece of the puzzle. Had about 10 days off in late January - really demotivated and struggled. Went out for several long walks to clear my head and work through it and came to realise I have had 5-6 years of career drift. Work for an amazing volunteering charity, heading up the Comms team. Wonderful people, fully believe in the organisational values and mission (helped co-write them!) but have never felt particularly fulfilled or motivated in the here or in my past few roles. Just have been getting my head down and getting on with things, leading to a cycle of burnout, switching jobs and the cycle starts again.
Have a 3 month notice period. The plan is to do some form of freelancing/consultancy 3 days a week and find something non-screen based, more social, local and active the rest of the time. If it all goes wrong can always temp/pick up a short term contract but a combination of several things over the past 5-10 years has led me here - bored, unfulfilled and demotivated. No longer in a relationship so don't have to worry about the financial implications on others and so can be brave and take the leap into the unknown.